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Thanks 1 Luck Texan and FairTax4Me. I'll be trying blowing air through the vacuum hose to check the valve as soon as can be home with some daylight left. Probably have to be Saturday! Will update this when/if I figure it out.

Fellow Subaru owners, I'm hoping some (or just one) of you can help with a problem that is driving me insane. Quick rundown of of the situation: Recently purchased a 1 owner 2004 Forester X primarily for my teenage daughter (new driver). Car has only 84,000 miles. Have driven it about 1000 miles and cannot get rid of a recurring P1443 code. It sometimes trips almost immediately after being reset, but recently went more than 300 miles before tripping again. Other info that may help: Dealer (reportedly) replaced vent solenoid/valve (the one in the back near the fuel tank) and cleaned out all the lines Dealer reports all systems check out as fine, even after getting assistance from Subaru HQ tech team diagnostics show no issues Gas cap seems fine and I have been making sure it is on tightly and the seal seems good No problems filling tank Car is hard to start immediately after fill up and stutters for a minute or two after fill up but seems to mostly run fine after that...except Recently did the same stutter thing while stopped at a light and then stopped. Restarted (with a little difficulty) and then ran fine. This time I got a check engine light and a flashing AT temp light. Still only showed P1443 code. I'm concerned about my daughter driving the car alone until I get this figured out. Any ideas? Hoping someone else has seen these symptoms and been able to find a fix. I have searched this forum and many others. The only other suggestion I've seen is to replace the duty control solenoid that is located at/near the manifold. I would be happy to replace that solenoid but wonder why it doesn't show up as a problem in diagnostics. Thanks in advance for saving my Forester and my mind!